I went to the communal printer at work to pick up my progress notes, and one of the bilingual therapists was sorting through the pile. She looks at me, then looks at the notes I just printed out:
Therapist: You are Zamora? (rolls "r" beautifully)
Me: Yep.
Therapist: Stares at me. Stares at the note. Stares at me again.
Me: My husband is Hispanic.
Therapist: Oh! Okay. (walks away, her sense of what is right in the world restored)
I think I just experienced my first racial profiling.
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Who I Am
- Mia McZ
- Tucson, AZ, United States
- Things I'm Not Good At: geometry, fractions, subtraction, remembering dates, understanding left from right, figuring out how to get places without directions, paying bills on time, returning phone calls, making phone calls, meeting deadlines, not taking responsibility for things that aren't my fault, controlling my temper Things I'm Good At:: reading, writing, understanding the subtext, listening, figuring out how someone actually feels about something, standing up for what I believe in, holding grudges, remembering faces for years, saying incredibly offensive things while watching tv, being right even when I'm wrong, being stubborn, enjoying obnoxious art house movies and modern art, coming up with solutions instead of waiting for someone else to.
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- bad horror movies
- books of all kinds
- dark chocolate
- dead trees
- dirty personal ads
- fake nacho cheese
- folk rock/folk alternative
- gourmet food
- impractical shoes
- NPR
- oceans
- pomeranians
- rundown houses
- school
- social work
- sweet wine
- The New Yorker
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